Sid's 2003.5 Silver Grey Speed Run

[Rokoz]

I guess if its good enough for my subframe plates, it should be fine for the sway bar mounts. Seems to works fine for a couple others as well.

Yeah it's an attractive option for a DIY kinda guy who isn't a welder like myself haha - did you end up painting the area after? If so, I would love to see the finished product if you have photos

[Sid_E46]

Yeah it's an attractive option for a DIY kinda guy who isn't a welder like myself haha - did you end up paying the area after? If so, I would love to see the finished product if you have photos

I ended up painting it in POR15, I don't have any finished pictures unfortunately.

[Sid_E46]

It has been basically a year since I got the Karbonius roof but I finally decided to just do it.

Had a local Auto glass installer come by to uninstall the windshields.



Drilling out the spot welds was tedious but wasn't all that hard after I got a proper spot weld drill. Definitely recommend the Blair bits over anything else.




I ended up just riveting the cross brace in.


Used some 3M panel bond and a metric ton of cheap Amazon clamps to hold it all down. Finished it with some Sikaflex on the edges.



OE slicktop sound insulation stuck on.


DNA Auto Glass came by again today to install a new infrared windshield and reinstall the original rear.



Just need to have the rails painted black and the new headliner installed and it should be all done. Just want to make sure the roof is water proof before all that goes in.

[Nate047]

Awesome man. Looks great and it must feel nice to accomplish that after the waiting time.

[Projecte46m3]

Looking good!!

[ugaexploder]

hell yeah man, good stuff!

[0-60motorsports]

Excellent stuff and it looks like you did the job in such a neat and clean fashion.

[Stilt]

12 months later, the install is finally completed. Wow, Sid, I think I'm in love!

[Loopyspec]

Love the build, great stuff!